Ha, I'm ashamed to have not come up with the power-pill Pacman joke! Thank you for bringing it to my attention. :) |
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those pac-man pellets were painkillers!
i enjoyed the focus on transaction costs here too (lady looking to sell, kids looking to buy, growler dudes getting past regulatons). :) |
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7522. Tom 7 (h-67-100-130-26.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
19 Aug 2008 19:27:27
[ New! Escape 200704130 ]
Uh, well, I think the game is already more polished than most "1.0" games, especially free games. I have some specific things I'd like to do for a 1.0 release, personally, though who knows if they'll ever happen? (Sound, new level browser, browsing comments and documentation in-game, and most importantly a collection of "official" levels presented in some game-appropriate way for players that are just beginning.)
Anyway, does it really matter if the game is marked "beta" or not? =) I actually think it's kind of funny to be perpetually in beta. |
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Cool! so finally, it wont be beta? |
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Nope! But how would they? It wasn't the guy(s) that are usually there, it was some new to me people. Maybe they can recognize me from/for my zest for good beers. |
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Did the East End guys recognize you? |
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This post was the most recent major update to the game. I've added a few little things, but none big enough to do another release (and now I've lost access to all three of the machines I was doing releases from, which is not to say I couldn't do it again, but I'd need to install some stuff, and will). There are lots of new levels, though. I mean, that's sort of the point of the game!
Soon I will be working on a mobile version, after I finish up a blocking project and also catch up on some sleep. |
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i havent played escape in a year... is there anything new besides levels? |
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THAT IS FUCKING GREAT!!!!! |
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7510. Tom 7 (h-69-3-248-146.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
17 Aug 2008 10:51:42
[ Theme from rt2i ]
Although actually I think the real reason that the timesig foolery is not so jarring is that the song is really in fairly easy time signatures like 4/4 and 3/4, just grouped strangely. (For various reasons it is convenient to make the time signature in Cakewalk such that repeatable units don't switch back and forth. Better support for weird timing is a major reason for wanting to write my own sequencer.) Definitely different from something like Sensations or Goog, where the particles are not easily divisible. |
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7508. Tom 7 (h-67-100-132-74.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
17 Aug 2008 01:09:05
[ Theme from rt2i ]
A: I basically agree with your assessment. Just wait for the prog-chip epic. It is inevitable. Will I be the first?? |
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Still solidly on the road towards prog-chip-epics, I see. This song is pretty sweet. It definitely feels a bit different than most other T7ES songs, with a lot of them seeming to frantically rush through melodic material (but usually in a good way). This is a lot more chill, and the texture focus and slower pace seem to mask the time signature foolery, at least on the first couple listens. |
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7502. Tom 7 (h-67-100-131-229.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
15 Aug 2008 21:41:13
[ Theme from rt2i ]
I fixed my stupid pop noise in a new upload. Please, defunctinate the old file. |
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7501. Mike Kenny (146-115-26-58.c3-0.abr-ubr1.sbo-abr.ma.cable.rcn.com) –
15 Aug 2008 20:05:49
[ Theme from rt2i ]
interesting post. hadn't thought of a melody/texture trade off, but that does makes sense! |
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7499. Tom 7 (mobile-032-145-137-232.mycingular.net) –
15 Aug 2008 19:00:31
[ Theme from rt2i ]
Various versions of Cakewalk, which is now called Sonar. For sound, the Roland SC-880. For a long time I've been flirting with the idea of writing my own sequencer, though. I doubt I'll get to it this summer, but maybe Q4... |
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7498. Chris (seasnet-38-086.seas.upenn.edu) –
15 Aug 2008 13:42:07
[ Theme from rt2i ]
Out of curiosity, what software do you use to write the t7es stuff? |
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7495. Tom 7 (pokemon.wv.cc.cmu.edu) –
15 Aug 2008 09:34:39
[ Theme from rt2i ]
thanks Chris! Yes, this is definitely an RPG tune, huh... |
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7494. Tom 7 (mobile-032-145-129-014.mycingular.net) –
15 Aug 2008 09:15:17
[ Theme from rt2i ]
Crap, there's also a real prominent pop at about 3:17. Grr. I'll fix tonight. |
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7493. Chris (c-76-99-55-118.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) –
15 Aug 2008 09:02:36
[ Theme from rt2i ]
I like it. I imagine it as the ending theme to some cheesy NES RPG, playing over a montage of your 8-bit characters visiting key points.
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7492. Tom 7 (h-67-100-131-229.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
15 Aug 2008 08:59:43
[ Theme from rt2i ]
Hacking my server?? I'm sending the cybercrime task force after you.
Usually I test this stuff after posting, sorry. I blame lack of sleep. It's fixed now, though my current QuickTime browser plugin installation plays for me only 1 second of the song if I just click? The song downloads and plays fine in iTunes or winamp or whatever, though. (I think this might be a misconfiguration of my web server. I'll look later.) |
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7490. Tadbot (c-76-98-20-178.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) –
15 Aug 2008 03:50:59
[ Theme from rt2i ]
OMG your link to the file is misnamed, so I had to do some 1337 hax0ring to download it. |
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Congratulations, Tom. As others have pointed out, I'm a regular reader and I think this is one of your most fascinating posts ever. |
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7484. Tom 7 (h-67-100-132-199.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
11 Aug 2008 18:46:16
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
I don't know about the other stuff, but I'm fairly certain that if you cancel/don't send your SAT II scores, that no school will ever see them. Even if they did see that you declined to send, that's so common that I doubt they even think anything of it. |
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7481. WFM (cache-ntc-ac08.proxy.aol.com) –
11 Aug 2008 07:42:30
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
I am SO nervous for college applications soon (I'll be a high school senior for 2008/2009) and, among other things, am nervous if my SAT scores might make or break my chances for getting into one of the colleges I'll apply to (see below for list). The following is my SAT scores from March 2008 (which was my first time taking it, BTW):
*Critical Reading - 510 (out of 800)
*Math - 570 (out of 800)
*Writing - 640 (out of 800)
*OVERALL - 1720 (out of 2400)
My choice of colleges are (in order) the University of South Carolina @ Columbia, University of Florida @ Gainesville, University of Central Florida, and the University of South Florida.
Other than that, my only other blemish was that I scored a 560 on the SAT II Chemistry test [P.S., I was busy studying for 2 AP exams, both of which I passed with a 3]. I bring that up because I want to major in science, preferrably chemistry or pre-pharmacy. As an added twist, I got an 'A' both semesters in Honor's Chemistry. Because I feared what kind of score I would get on the SAT II test, I did not send the score to any college. So, therefore, I have three fearful questions to ask about the SAT, overall:
1) Is a 1720 out of 2400 good enough to get into a moderately-difficult school like USC, UF, UCF, or USF?
2) If I did not cancel my SAT II score, but did (and will) not send it to any college, will any college know about my SAT II score? (HINT: similar to if a tree falls in a forest but if no one is around to here it, does it still make a sound?)
3) Will my "poor" SAT II performance play a role, if any, in college admissions now and in the future (especially considering that I want to be a pharmacist, one day)?
Thanx in advance, for any helpful information about my predicament.
--WFM |
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7480. Pianist (100.86.modemcable.oricom.ca) –
10 Aug 2008 16:27:44
[ Quake 3 Done! ]
Hi there ! I'm back with some power. I started making a run trough quake 3 arena : nightmare. The goal is to make it from start to Xaero. Q3DM0 to Xaero. All in one demo file. It takes time but I think I'll be able to do it someday. I went to q3dm18, but I died 20-19.... You know when you miss it, you have to leave and start over to q3dm0. =/ Many frustrations.. O well I will do it again and again until I got it and let you know!
peace
Pianist |
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